The Grumpiest Harrison Ford Moments on Record

Harrison Ford’s name is practically synonymous with Indiana Jones, Han Solo, and Blade Runner. You can’t think of him without being reminded that he pilots the Millennium Falcon – the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs. You can’t help but marvel at the way he protected the Ark of the Covenant, rescued the Sivalinga stone from the Mola Ram, and made sure that the Holy Grail didn’t fall into the hands of Nazis. But Harrison Ford is equally famous for another trait that has nothing to do with his rugged good-looks, or his adventure-seeking, action-packed movie roles. Harrison Ford is Hollywood’s biggest grump.

When you’ve been in the business for 45 years, and have been famous for over 38 of them, becoming world-weary is inevitable. As he’s advanced in his career, and in his life, Harrison Ford has grown tired of ridiculous interview questions and pointless fan interactions. Even his roles have become more grumpy – Colonel Graff from Ender’s Game, Mike Pomeroy from Morning Glory, and Colonel Dolarhyde from Cowboys & Aliens weren’t exactly fuzzy, feel-good characters.

Like a Wookie who might tear your arm out of your socket if he loses a game of space chess, Harrison Ford’s inner curmudgeon is awakened with a vengeance any time a reporter or fan asks him a boring stock question about Star Wars or Indy. He’s notorious for letting his grump flag fly on promotional junkets, where some questions about acting or working on the film illicit the response: “I don’t know anything about it. I just work here.”

Ford has tried to explain where his crankiness stems from. He said, “What I’ve noticed, is that reporters do their research and pick up the same things over and over again. There’s some big, low-lying fruit that they grab, and then they repeat. And they come with the expectation that I’m going to be difficult to transact business with.” He’s not a man who suffers fools – or Wookies – gladly, and he’s not afraid to show interviewers his intolerance for stupidity.

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